Court of Appeal will hand down judgment in SSHD’s appeal re Liberty’s serious disruption regulations judicial review this Friday.

After 4 years and 52 pupillage applications, this year is finally my year! I now have a tough decision to make, but I feel very lucky to be in such a position after these years. I'm going to be a barrister!

One of the first to have supported me in my pursuit of a career at the bar – your effort has not been in vain!

I am very pleased to have accepted an offer of traineeship at Matrix, commencing in October 2026. I can't wait to get started working on the cutting-edge legal issues raised across Chambers' immense expertise in a range of practice areas.

It was a pleasure to reflect candidly, without straining to think about how I can do better next year, on my pupillage application journey. In particular, the role (both good and bad) that social media use played. Many thanks to Charlie Moloney and Times Law for the feature.

The AG is creating a new Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group, which "sits alongside proposed changes to the role of First Treasury Counsel, principally by relaxing the current requirement that the postholder undertakes work exclusively for government." gov.uk/government/new…

Private schools VAT judicial review dismissed. Judgment: judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl… Summary: judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

Court of Appeal hearing for Liberty’s appeal against High Court’s refusal of permission for judicial review of length of EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation currently listed for 26 June, 4 days before the consultation is scheduled to end.

Fordham J: “… advocates should come to a public hearing, prepared promptly to provide their skeleton argument [to members of public/press on request], having thought ahead about any countervailing factor, and bringing any contingently-redacted version. assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d-a1b31c35-622…

Liberty v EHRC, being heard by the CA this Thursday, will be live-streamed. The Court has ordered that the hearing will take the form of an application for permission to appeal, with the appeal to follow if permission is granted.

The Divisional Court will hand down judgment this Monday in Al Haq’s challenge against the Government’s decisions concerning licensing of exports of F-35 components and other weapons to Israel.

The Divisional Court has dismissed the claim following a rolled-up hearing, refusing permission to apply for judicial review in Al Haq’s challenge. judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

The Divisional Court is handing down judgment tomorrow on a preliminary issue concerning whether the AG’s refusal of a fiat under s.13 of the Coroners Act 1988 for a fresh inquest is susceptible to judicial review.

The Divisional Court has held that the matter is not justiciable: judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…